Author: Dr Michelle Butler
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Ending the Separated Regime at Maghaberry Prison: There is Another Way
Ending the practice of housing paramilitary inmates apart is a huge headache for government so Dr Michelle Butler offers an alternative to end the regime at Maghaberry Prison.
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What is happening to healthcare in Northern Ireland prisons?
The NI Prison Service has been in the spotlight recently over its handling of serious incidents of self-harm and the potential for overdoses to occur through the use of prescription medication. Dr Michelle Butler highlights that less attention has been paid to the role of the health service in these events despite significant failings on…
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Lessons from Northern Ireland: don’t put Islamist extremists in special prison units
Dr Michelle Butler looks at the UK policy of using specialised prison units to prevent radicalisation among Islamist extremists and challenges the wisdom of such an approach based on the use of such units for Irish Republican and Loyalist prisoners in Northern Ireland